CVE-2021-32551

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-32551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-12 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-15 15:27:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-15 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 21.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 21.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1917904 “Arbitrary file reads” : Bugs : apport package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: [email protected] (@fktio)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198384 Ubuntu Security Notification for Apport vulnerabilities (USN-4965-1)
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